Work backward. Think of the moment they married, between the 8 and 11 o’clock services at your church on that July Sunday when you were ten. Think of the accordion partition, cordoning off their nuptials from the simultaneous Youth, Singles, and General Sunday School classes being held in various other sections of the sanctuary. Think [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Retracing.
Posted in the Nine series (novel excerpts), tagged Jamaican culture, marriage, patois, stepfathers on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dejame.
Posted in the Nine series (novel excerpts), tagged mother-daughter angst, single parents, unwed mothers on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nine was born Ninah Jude Brown in a cold single-bed room at Sparrow Hospital. It was 1979 in Lansing, Michigan, which meant that the White nurses were merciless in their “care” for her unmarried mother, Marcheline, as she writhed and shook her legs at the sheets like they were puppies nipping her ankles. These angels [...]
I Hated “Lakeview Terrace.”
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged lakeview terrace on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really did. If you want to find out a bit more about why, check out my review over at PostBourgie.com:
I should probably tell you right now that this movie isn’t about Abel Turner. It isn’t about Lisa. And it certainly isn’t about Ron Glass, who phones in a few scenes as her father, Harold [...]
